I love this iron - on method and I don't do decoupage any other way now because this method means you get no wrinkles or bubbles, yay 😀 😊 The only thing I do differently is I brush layers of Mod Podge or other decoupage glue/sealer over the substrate that I'm decoupaging, let the glue dry completely, and then I place the decoupage paper or napkin over the dried glue with a sheet of baking parchment over the top and then iron over the the paper until the glue melts again and the decoupage paper sticks down to the surface underneath. I find it easier to use glue instead of plastic wrap when I'm decoupaging something like the inside base of a wooden tray or box, just because I don't have to cut off excess plastic wrap if I've used the glue. But I'm a total convert to the iron on method. Thanks for a great video tutorial 👍.
Nine years later this shows up in my feed and it is brilliant! I've adhered napkins successfully using adhesives but this seems so much simpler and no waiting for it to dry. Cannot wait to give it a go. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for demoing this technique - I've read about it but have not yet done it. I've just recently bought some suitable paper napkins & wondered why this technique would be better than glueing them to cardstock. You answered that nicely in the last part of the video, plus showing some lovely examples of how to use the finished pieces.
Hi Michelle, Thanks for showing us that technique. Looks fairly simple which I like. You explained it well. Some of your cards looked great! Such a nice personal touch.
I watched your video and attempted it. It WORKED BEAUTIFULLY!!! I LOVE the texture of it. Thank you SO MUCH for your video! The only negative is that my iron quit working within 1.5 hours(tbh, it was from the thrift store, lol. $5 down the drain, lol) Interrupted my happy time! But MAJOR thanks to you!!!
Thanks! I followed your directions and used this technique several times recently to make invitations, decorate favor boxes, and etc. for the bridal shower I was hosting. They turned out fabulous. HINT: I found that it was crucial to use inexpensive/generic plastic wrap, the name brand stuff I tried at first didn't work.
Thank you for sharing this technique. A friend in the UK had shown me using glue But it is messy and the napkin can tear. I was thrilled to see your technique which is so easy and clean.
I have never worked with any paper projects, scrap booking etc...I am a seamstress. I love working with fabric. I must say that your cards are absolutely gorgeous. And you can tell you have a passion for it, and are very good at it. I will keep this project in mind if ever I find myself wanting to dabble in something other than sewing. Best Regards
This is SO cool, I've long wanted to take beautiful napkins and attach them to paper but the way I was thinking of was strict decoupage. This came out beautifully! Thank you so much! 🙌🙌🙌
As soon as you pulled out the iron, it clicked. I knew that you were using the cling wrap as a "glue". Wow, so simple and so creative! I love this and will be using it!
Oh my gosh! I just found this post when I was searching how to decoupage napkins to my journal. Now decoupage will have to wait (admittedly, I wasn't keen on the idea of decoupage, so this work out great!!) Thanks so much for sharing! I can't wait to try it!! Easier, faster, far less messy! What's not to love?!
Great idea & technique. Love your video as it was clear & easy to understand. I've seen lots of incredible napkins at my local Dollar Tree stores on the wall with the party goods. Would be great for kid's party invitations, showers, baby announcements, etc. The ideas are limitless & only bound by your imagination.
Thank you SO much for sharing this technique! It's simple yet effective & your cards are lovely! I too had a nightmare of a time using Mod Podge. TY again!
it always seemed to me that the napkin technique (the classical one, with adhesive and a lot of time working on it) seemed very complicated and hard to achieve. but wow, what you did here is so so incredibly easy! is like...cheating legally at an exam! :) I always loved the patterned papers and tried to achieved them every possible way, the cheapest being the digital papers. but what it lacked was the texture. with your technique you got them both! it cheap AND textured! thanks so very much!
I Love This!!! I have wanted to do things with napkins for sometime, but have never done it, because I dreaded the thought of having to mod podge a napkin. Thank You for sharing Your Time, and Talent
I tried this with a Christmas napkin but I used aluminum foil under the plastic wrap and over the napkin. I then glue dotted it to a wooden sign that was the right size and it is now sitting on the ledge at work. It look pretty! TYSM for the idea!
great tip thank you. my tip for separating paper napkins is to have 2x pieces of blue tackle....push together with the corners of napkin in between and pull apart ...separates perfectly. Cheers Sharon
I always save napkins form special events, (for some reason) well hoping I'll scap with them. SO I used your technic with my 8yr old grandsons Spiderman B-Day napkin fussy cutting it then put that special glow in the dark paint in places and put it on foam pop-up squares. mounted it on a cardbard building I cut out and painted with glow in the dark paint too. He thought that was the coolest B-day present of all... Thanks!!
Such a beautiful technique I would have never thought that someone could do something so beautiful very nice so thoughtful your vision is lovely well done
Thank You soooo much for sharing this method. I can't seem to find the right kind of card stock for a project I've been wanting to work on for AGES! But I do have napkins that I love I have been saving , just incase I can find a way to use them in a craft project.Now I can make the card stock I've been wanting thx to you =)
I was wondering why not use Mod Podge. I'm glad she explains that. These are great ideas. I would never have thought of this at all. I love the eyeballing & guessing- I am not much of a measurer! Thanks!
WOW ! That was amazing and a great idea. I often see beautiful napkins and wished there were paper like that. Thank you again for sharing. I can't wait to try it.
From one Michele to another with two LLs ... fantastic!!! I cannot wait to try this. It was shared with me at The Muse challenge #133 this week, by a fabulous card maker, Maria Rodriguez!=] Michele
I was going to try napkin transferring before, but that one was a ot different. I love this idea, t looks so easy! ?|Thank you for sharing! I love any projects that show new techniques, and aso love to learn new ways to make your own papers! This is so pretty!
Thanks for making this video! I had seen this technique either in a book or on TV at one point, but had forgotten the how-to. I have a whole bunch of beautiful Punch Studio napkins that I would love to use this technique on for my cardmaking.
Excellent! I just purchased some napkins and was going to use the mod Podge method. This looks much faster and the results look perfect. Thanks so much!
What a NEAT idea!! Am going to be looking a lot closer at napkins from now on!! Keep those excellent videos coming. Will be looking forward to LOTS more I hope!! Happy Holidays..take care..Jo
This was very helpful! I was just trying to find a video to see if and/or how to decoupage over velvet (still cant find anything) but stumbled across this brilliangt idea. Im a late bloomer with all of the arts and crafts but always been resourseful and had an eye for art and design.. but never nurtured the passion. But now I've just dove into beading/ jewelry making, friendship bracelet making, as well as taking a stab at decoupage. This technique will be usful for several different projects!
I know that this video is a bit old, but you have given me inspiration! I want to make binders and using napkins and Mod Podge is daunting. thank you for the help and I hope that you get back into making more videos.
I am in Colombia and you can't imagine how usefull your video was. Thank you very much for sharing this, and sorry for my English, I don't speak it very well
OMG!!! this technique is the best! I could have never imagine something like this could be done... Thank YOU sooo much for the awesome tip... (subscribing right now!)
wow, I am going to try this. I tried glue, gel med and modge podge but didn't like results so going to give a go. been collecting decorated napkins for years and have a big stash of them. thanks for posting this
I just now tried something a little different. I used your idea of the wrap - but I used no card. I just grabbed a magazine picture and had wrap on both sides. I sandwiched them between paper as you did and added parchment paper to the sides to be near the wrap. It worked great. what I did was a cheep lamination on a magazine picture.
Thank you just what I need for my daughters birthday invitations. I found the perfect napkins at the dollar store but was stumped at how to get the same for the invitations without spending a lot. This is my answer.
this would be a great way to match table setting name cards to the napkins for a dinner event :-) Thank you. I would never EVER have thought to use cling-wrap! :-)
I'm reminded of a 'dry mounting technique' I was taught for use with photo prints back in the day - you would place a photo over a sheet of wax paper, with both centered on the cardstock you wanted to attache the photo to, cover, and then iron. The wax paper would melt and act as an adhesive for the photo, with relatively little mess or fuss.
One thing you might consider is adding a small cloth or extend the paper to cover the plastic so that you can avoid contact with the hot iron. Otherwise, this is a nice way to re-use the artwork that went into the making of these decorative napkins. Thanks for sharing this nice video.
I love this iron - on method and I don't do decoupage any other way now because this method means you get no wrinkles or bubbles, yay 😀 😊 The only thing I do differently is I brush layers of Mod Podge or other decoupage glue/sealer over the substrate that I'm decoupaging, let the glue dry completely, and then I place the decoupage paper or napkin over the dried glue with a sheet of baking parchment over the top and then iron over the the paper until the glue melts again and the decoupage paper sticks down to the surface underneath. I find it easier to use glue instead of plastic wrap when I'm decoupaging something like the inside base of a wooden tray or box, just because I don't have to cut off excess plastic wrap if I've used the glue. But I'm a total convert to the iron on method. Thanks for a great video tutorial 👍.
Nine years later this shows up in my feed and it is brilliant! I've adhered napkins successfully using adhesives but this seems so much simpler and no waiting for it to dry. Cannot wait to give it a go. Thanks for sharing!
This technique is wonderful ! Wow, you're video is still helping someone 9 years after you made it!
Thank you for demoing this technique - I've read about it but have not yet done it.
I've just recently bought some suitable paper napkins & wondered why this technique would be better than glueing them to cardstock. You answered that nicely in the last part of the video, plus showing some lovely examples of how to use the finished pieces.
Hi Michelle,
Thanks for showing us that technique. Looks fairly simple which I like. You explained it well.
Some of your cards looked great! Such a nice personal touch.
I watched your video and attempted it. It WORKED BEAUTIFULLY!!!
I LOVE the texture of it.
Thank you SO MUCH for your video!
The only negative is that my iron quit working within 1.5 hours(tbh, it was from the thrift store, lol. $5 down the drain, lol)
Interrupted my happy time!
But MAJOR thanks to you!!!
Thank you. I've heard of this but no one would show me how to do it. Thank you so much for taking time to do this.
I found you totally by accident (looking up decorative ideas for the bathroom!), but boy, I'm glad! This was awesome! Thank you for sharing.
I have never seen this technique before. Thank you for sharing your time, talent, skill and inspiration.
Thanks! I followed your directions and used this technique several times recently to make invitations, decorate favor boxes, and etc. for the bridal shower I was hosting. They turned out fabulous. HINT: I found that it was crucial to use inexpensive/generic plastic wrap, the name brand stuff I tried at first didn't work.
Thanks. Good to know.
Thank you for sharing this technique. A friend in the UK had shown me using glue But it is messy and the napkin can tear. I was thrilled to see your technique which is so easy and clean.
Awesome you make look so easy TFS
I have never worked with any paper projects, scrap booking etc...I am a seamstress. I love working with fabric. I must say that your cards are absolutely gorgeous. And you can tell you have a passion for it, and are very good at it. I will keep this project in mind if ever I find myself wanting to dabble in something other than sewing. Best Regards
What a clever way to do decorative paper using napkins. Love this technique, very clever. TFS
This is SO cool, I've long wanted to take beautiful napkins and attach them to paper but the way I was thinking of was strict decoupage. This came out beautifully! Thank you so much! 🙌🙌🙌
Wowwww! Looks great! Can’t wait to try it. I love your laid back style
As soon as you pulled out the iron, it clicked. I knew that you were using the cling wrap as a "glue". Wow, so simple and so creative! I love this and will be using it!
These are beautiful! And there's thousand's of pretty napkins! Thanks for sharing 💜😄
This is a great idea, and your cards are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
That was really great. I have often had or saw beautiful napkins and said that would make such pretty paper. Thanks for sharing.
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Your finished cards are very high quality work and so beautiful! Thanks for sharing your technique!
Oh my gosh! I just found this post when I was searching how to decoupage napkins to my journal. Now decoupage will have to wait (admittedly, I wasn't keen on the idea of decoupage, so this work out great!!) Thanks so much for sharing! I can't wait to try it!! Easier, faster, far less messy! What's not to love?!
Excellence! I loved the easy way you teach. The cards are lovely too! Thank you.
Great idea & technique. Love your video as it was clear & easy to understand. I've seen lots of incredible napkins at my local Dollar Tree stores on the wall with the party goods. Would be great for kid's party invitations, showers, baby announcements, etc. The ideas are limitless & only bound by your imagination.
Oh I love this! It opens up more possibilities for beautiful backgrounds! TY so much.
Thank you SO much for sharing this technique! It's simple yet effective & your cards are lovely! I too had a nightmare of a time using Mod Podge. TY again!
it always seemed to me that the napkin technique (the classical one, with adhesive and a lot of time working on it) seemed very complicated and hard to achieve. but wow, what you did here is so so incredibly easy! is like...cheating legally at an exam! :) I always loved the patterned papers and tried to achieved them every possible way, the cheapest being the digital papers. but what it lacked was the texture. with your technique you got them both! it cheap AND textured! thanks so very much!
What a cool technique, thanks for sharing. You cards are beautiful.
Amazing! I would never have thought of this! So glad I found you. TY for sharing this technique.
that is great! I can't wait to see what else I can use besides Napkins with this technique. I am amazed!. Great work.
Wow! Gread idea!Thanks for sharing with us!🌷 Greetings from Grece 😃
I Love This!!! I have wanted to do things with napkins for sometime, but have never done it, because I dreaded the thought of having to mod podge a napkin. Thank You for sharing Your Time, and Talent
Beautiful and awesome idea of using napkins. Thanks for sharing this one. =)
I tried this with a Christmas napkin but I used aluminum foil under the plastic wrap and over the napkin. I then glue dotted it to a wooden sign that was the right size and it is now sitting on the ledge at work. It look pretty! TYSM for the idea!
Would love to see a photo of this. It sounds beautiful !
Michelle, I absolutely L-O-V-E this method - thank you so much for sharing with everyone!!!
great tip thank you. my tip for separating paper napkins is to have 2x pieces of blue tackle....push together with the corners of napkin in between and pull apart ...separates perfectly. Cheers Sharon
Thanks for showing the napkin transfer technique. Awesome and pretty!
You seem like a very kind lady. Great video. Really enjoyed it
I always save napkins form special events, (for some reason) well hoping I'll scap with them. SO I used your technic with my 8yr old grandsons Spiderman B-Day napkin fussy cutting it then put that special glow in the dark paint in places and put it on foam pop-up squares. mounted it on a cardbard building I cut out and painted with glow in the dark paint too. He thought that was the coolest B-day present of all... Thanks!!
Such a beautiful technique I would have never thought that someone could do something so beautiful very nice so thoughtful your vision is lovely well done
Thanks!! I have saved some napkins I liked but have not tried this technique yet. Looks good.
Thank You soooo much for sharing this method. I can't seem to find the right kind of card stock for a project I've been wanting to work on for AGES! But I do have napkins that I love I have been saving , just incase I can find a way to use them in a craft project.Now I can make the card stock I've been wanting thx to you =)
I was wondering why not use Mod Podge. I'm glad she explains that. These are great ideas. I would never have thought of this at all. I love the eyeballing & guessing- I am not much of a measurer! Thanks!
WOW, love it!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this. So much easier to do than with all the other methods!!!!
I was wondering the same thing.
Did you ever try it?
REALLY NEAT!!!! You have given me ideas for new ways to do my personalized greeting cards. GREAT - THANKS
WOW ! That was amazing and a great idea. I often see beautiful napkins and wished there were paper like that. Thank you again for sharing. I can't wait to try it.
Wow I never knew this before your video...thank you for opening me to this. It's really pretty (and neat!)
That's a very good use of napkins again. I never this existed. I love them. Thank you for sharing.
OMGGGGG!!!! I have worked with napkins in my art, like forEVER - - and I never knew they sometimes had THREE layers of white paper on them. Thanks!
From one Michele to another with two LLs ... fantastic!!! I cannot wait to try this. It was shared with me at The Muse challenge #133 this week, by a fabulous card maker, Maria Rodriguez!=] Michele
I was going to try napkin transferring before, but that one was a ot different. I love this idea, t looks so easy! ?|Thank you for sharing! I love any projects that show new techniques, and aso love to learn new ways to make your own papers! This is so pretty!
This is wonderful. Great idea for covering the front and then cutting the drawers free!
Thanks for making this video! I had seen this technique either in a book or on TV at one point, but had forgotten the how-to. I have a whole bunch of beautiful Punch Studio napkins that I would love to use this technique on for my cardmaking.
A huge Thankyou 💜💚💛 I would never have guessed it was so easy to do this 😍🐝🐞🌼 Great tutorial...
This is beautiful. I've decided to make my gifts and cards as much as possible so this would be great. Thank you for sharing.
Excellent! I just purchased some napkins and was going to use the mod Podge method. This looks much faster and the results look perfect. Thanks so much!
What a NEAT idea!! Am going to be looking a lot closer at napkins from now on!! Keep those excellent videos coming. Will be looking forward to LOTS more I hope!! Happy Holidays..take care..Jo
This was very helpful! I was just trying to find a video to see if and/or how to decoupage over velvet (still cant find anything) but stumbled across this brilliangt idea. Im a late bloomer with all of the arts and crafts but always been resourseful and had an eye for art and design.. but never nurtured the passion. But now I've just dove into beading/ jewelry making, friendship bracelet making, as well as taking a stab at decoupage. This technique will be usful for several different projects!
I had never heard of this before, but it intrigues me enough to want to try. Thank you.
This method I have never seen - I have lots of
napkins, so I shall certainly try this. Thanks
for sharing.
)Neat idea i have saved somenapkins from special occasions Maybe i can use them on.my scrapbook page ty very nicely done video!
I know that this video is a bit old, but you have given me inspiration! I want to make binders and using napkins and Mod Podge is daunting. thank you for the help and I hope that you get back into making more videos.
VERY clever craft idea, Im gonna do this this weekend. Thank You for sharing!!
Lovely and easy to make thank you for sharing your video!
Awesome. I love ideas that I can actually afford or justify spending the money on. I will definitely be doing this a lot! Thank you so much.
Great idea, look'in forward to try'in it soon as I get time. Tfs.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR SHARING THIS TUTORIAL..........................
I am in Colombia and you can't imagine how usefull your video was. Thank you very much for sharing this, and sorry for my English, I don't speak it very well
What a great idea, now i have a reason to use my iron LOL. I will being trying this one out right away, thank you.
Beautiful cards also 👍🏼❤️
Nice video, thanks for sharing
That is amazing! I've never thought of doing this. Your cards came out beautifully!
Thanks, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this done. Thank you for a lovey DIY. Janice
OMG!!! this technique is the best! I could have never imagine something like this could be done...
Thank YOU sooo much for the awesome tip... (subscribing right now!)
wow... that was easy than I thought. thanks for share this.
wow, I am going to try this. I tried glue, gel med and modge podge but didn't like results so going to give a go. been collecting decorated napkins for years and have a big stash of them. thanks for posting this
It works well also with two sided tape, you put it on napkin, than expose sticky on other side and qlue it on any paper you like...
Pamela M
Excellent video. Thx for sharing
Wow, that is very cool!!!! I will definitely use this idea in the future!!! Thank u for sharing, very clever!!
Thank you for the napkins transfer tutorial. Happiness, Teresa
Nice video Michelle, this looks pretty easy to me, I think I can do it! Tfs xx🤗🌷
I sure wish that you would come back, love your videos!
Wow what a great idea!!! TFS hugs, Michelle
Iznanaduvacko, ednostavno, brza i efekasna izrabotka!
Very interesting I must say. I learned something today. Thank you.🙏🕉
How incredibly nice made. Thank you.
TFS! Great idea I'm definitely going to try this! 👍🏻💜🤗
I just now tried something a little different. I used your idea of the wrap - but I used no card. I just grabbed a magazine picture and had wrap on both sides. I sandwiched them between paper as you did and added parchment paper to the sides to be near the wrap.
It worked great. what I did was a cheep lamination on a magazine picture.
This is absolutely the greatest!! Will give it try for sure!! Thanks for sharing!!!
I'm so glad your video popped up! This is such a fun idea, thanks!!
This is the coolest napkin gluing technique I've ever seen. Thank you sooo much! Subbing!
merryscrapper
Very nice and creative!! Will definitely try it
Thank you just what I need for my daughters birthday invitations. I found the perfect napkins at the dollar store but was stumped at how to get the same for the invitations without spending a lot. This is my answer.
awesome! thanks for sharing your idea....looking forward to trying this myself.
this would be a great way to match table setting name cards to the napkins for a dinner event :-)
Thank you.
I would never EVER have thought to use cling-wrap! :-)
Wow! Endless possibilities for decorated papers!
Thx so much..I like how easy to follow your instructions are..this is .great. demo..
I'm reminded of a 'dry mounting technique' I was taught for use with photo prints back in the day - you would place a photo over a sheet of wax paper, with both centered on the cardstock you wanted to attache the photo to, cover, and then iron. The wax paper would melt and act as an adhesive for the photo, with relatively little mess or fuss.
Hi, This is COOL. I am so going to try this. Thank you, Stay happy, safe and well.
One thing you might consider is adding a small cloth or extend the paper to cover the plastic so that you can avoid contact with the hot iron. Otherwise, this is a nice way to re-use the artwork that went into the making of these decorative napkins. Thanks for sharing this nice video.
Thank you so much 😊 for your tutorial, it's a great 👍 idea, one which I'm sure going to tryout.👏👏👏👏👏👏